Buyer

Summary

The Buyer is responsible for purchasing plant commodity items, services, and capital equipment. They coordinate and consolidate TIMET's purchasing power across multiple facilities, ensuring cost-effectiveness, compliance with internal policies, and ethical practices. Essential functions include checking requisitions, negotiating contracts, analyzing supplier capabilities, and maintaining compliance with ISO and SOX standards.

Essential Functions

• Check requisitions for completeness and clarity. Obtain necessary missing information where required.
• Diplomatically instruct requisitioners or specifiers on necessary data for good product.
• Initiates request for quotations; recommends and takes appropriate action.
• Compiles and analyzes statistical data to evaluate price/cost conditions.
• Partners with end users to determine recommendations and negotiate cost improvements.
• Performs analysis of supplier operations to determine capability to meet plant objectives if applicable.
• Develops and implements strategies to optimize supply chain performance, recognizing total cost implications.
• Initiates and coordinates purchase contract negotiations with officers and representatives of suppliers and company end users.
• Negotiate payment terms with suppliers that support corporate cash flow goals.
• Support global, national, and regional supply agreements by leading, participating, and implementing national/global agreements when directed by management.
• Maintains records and documentation to assure compliance with corporate policy and procedure.
• Resolves discrepancies that arise such as discrepant pricing, warranty claims, failure to comply with specifications, over shipments, negotiate return items no longer needed by the plant, etc.
• Keeps management informed about any business development that might affect the company and makes recommendations regarding those developments.
• Work with the management team to ensure that all deliveries satisfy the assigned purchase orders and report any back-ordered or missing products.
• Work with receiving personnel on problems and questions on items being received; notify vendors on problems and handle solutions.
• Visit potential vendor facilities to inspect warehouses, materials, and computer setups in an effort to evaluate as potential suppliers.

Additional Responsibilities

• Monitor Top Suppliers and keep track of cost savings.
• Assign SCAR (supplier corrective action report) to Critical Suppliers.
• Act within TIMET’s standard code of ethics.
• Keep the Senior Buyer informed of all activities or problems and submit reports as requested by management.

Qualifications

• Competencies: Independent-minded team facilitator managing TIMET’s suppliers while gaining their trust and insight to lower costs or improve productivity.
• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university majoring in Engineering, Logistics, or Purchasing with three years related job experience. Most have a manufacturing/warehousing background with five years minimum experience.
• Special Skills: Self-motivated individual managing and completing a wide array of daily purchases and managing projects on time, meeting expectations on cost savings, inventory reduction, and/or product improvement. Familiarity with purchasing concepts, legal terms, and cost concepts as they relate to total company performance. Understanding of purchasing law, Uniform Commercial Code, and terms and conditions. Good written and oral communication skills. Ability to work under minimum supervision. Willingness to work toward professional development as needed. Ability to maintain composure in high-stress situations with suppliers, peers, and customers. Ability to work extended hours as needed. Experienced negotiator helping reduce overall costs and work on or assist on capital projects. Proficient user of Microsoft Office and working knowledge of SAP or another ERP system.

Additional Notes

Proof of US citizenship, nationality, and/or permanent resident status in order to comply with all applicable export and import laws and regulations.

Physical Dimensions

• Physical Demands: Frequent talking or hearing; standing, walking, sitting; using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching with hands and arms; stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds; close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception.
• Work Environment: Typical office conditions, noise level low. May occasionally work near moving equipment, be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, airborne fumes, outdoor weather conditions, and loud, prolonged noise.